* Astronomy

On Jan. 10, 2008, a 1.2 km-wide asteroid, 2005 WJ56, will make a close flyby (2.6 million miles, 10.9 lunar distances) of the Earth. The asteroid will appear as a magnitude 11.6 star in the constellation Taurus.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 01 05    07 27.69   +62 27.3    0.0465   1.019   140.0    38.3    12.9
2008 01 10    05 10.08   +21 52.3    0.0281   1.008   149.4    29.8    11.6
2008 01 15    03 54.39   -28 53.9    0.0418   0.995   105.3    72.4    13.6
2008 01 20    03 15.79   -45 54.2    0.0704   0.983    87.0    88.9    15.3
2008 01 25    02 52.87   -52 29.8    0.102    0.970    78.8    95.3    16.4
2008 01 30    02 36.71   -55 52.3    0.133    0.956    73.8    98.5    17.1